Best VPN for Netflix

How to Choose VPN Service for Netflix

Netflix is well-known as the provider of high-quality video content. As it has exclusive contracts with Hollywood producers and creates its own TV series Netflix has almost no competitors and millions of admirers all around the world. But due to the exclusive agreements with copyright owners, a lot of Netflix content is available only in the USA. VPN services and proxies have become a solution which was applied by a lot of Netflix subscribers.

Things to Know About Netflix with VPN

First of all, there is no guarantee that VPN service which helps you to get access to the full collection of the Netflix content will provide that access for a long time. Netflix is still blocking VPNs so any VPN provider can be blocked.

Netflix has prepared a backlash and added a clause to its terms of use that “You also agree not to: circumvent, remove, alter, deactivate, degrade or thwart any of the content protections in the Netflix service” (version from Netflix site, updated in February 2017). Also, Netflix started to ban proxy and VPN services which helped subscribers to circumvent the content restrictions

Most VPN services which are still providing access to Netflix offer dedicated IP addresses. In two words it means that only one person per IP address is using Netflix. So content provider won’t suspect that this IP address belongs to VPN provider (as IP address from VPN providers usually are being used by many users).

The Best Netflix VPN Service

Actually, there are two reliable VPN providers which successfully help their users to get access to USA collection of Netflix content. They are NordVPN and ExpressVPN.

NordVPN

This service is based in Panama (which means privacy-friendly legislation), has a wide network of servers all around the world. They have servers for the ultra-fast TV in the UK and the USA (guess what for), dedicated IP servers and a lot of shared IP servers in the USA. As for additional benefits, NordVPN has zero logs policy, various payment options, and servers with security options like double VPN, Onion over VPN and anti-DDoS VPN. It is not very costly (especially the year subscription) so it may be a perfect option both for Netflix and security options.

ExpressVPN

This VPN provider is located in the British Virgin Islands (which also have privacy-friendly legislation). It has 145 VPN server locations in 94 countries (include China). VPN Express provider also claims no logs policy and secure protocols.

Both VPN providers also offer VPN routers for securing all the network (or for watching Netflix on your Smart TV in premium quality).

VPNs which Don’t Provide Access to Netflix

In this list, we’ve included those VPN providers which are quite popular but for some reasons (technical or ethical) won’t help you to circumvent the Netflix content restrictions.

IPVanish

This well—known VPN provider has lost its battle with Netflix in the beginning of 2017. And this was quite a great loss as IPVanish offers a huge amount of VPN servers all around the world, a high-speed connection and zero logs policy.

HideMyAss

This VPN provider was blocked by Netflix and for now, there is no guarantee that HideMyAss will develop any good solution to overcome the block. Taking into account that this VPN provider saves users’ logs we can tell you that it is not the best choice at all.

Private Internet Access

This VPN provider is well-known because of its principled ground. It doesn’t support any attempts to circumvent the geographical content restrictions and doesn’t tolerate digital piracy. So if the primary purpose of using VPN is to get access to Netflix PIA won’t be helpful.

vypr VPN

The same situation is with vypr VPN. While having more than 750 servers in 180 locations they explicitly don’t tolerate the attempts of using their services to unblock content which is blocked due to licensing.

Of course, there are a lot of other smaller VPN services are blocked by Netflix, so if you are looking for VPN to watch Netflix you can use either ExpressVPN or NordVPN or any little VPN provider which is not blocked by Netflix.

** Netflix react faster, you have to check with support of each VPN service if they are still support Netflix. Use trial period for test

FAQs about VPN and Netflix

Are all the VPN providers listed on the page can be used to access Netflix?

The list of VPN providers which are helpful to circumvent the Netflix geo-restrictions is valid for the March 2017. Nobody knows what other measures will be taken by Netflix and for how long VPN providers will be able to trick Netflix.

Is this legal to use VPN for watching Netflix from abroad?

This is quite a tricky issue. For sure you are breaking terms and conditions of using Netflix. From the point of view of Netflix content providers which have some license restrictions, your actions are illegal. But in reality, nobody persecutes people which are reaching Netflix through VPN (especially if you are using VPN which also ensures privacy).

I’m using a reliable VPN provider, but can’t access Netflix. What have I to do?

For the first try another IP address or another USA server from your VPN provider. If this doesn’t work please check your IP address (you can use services like http://whatismyipaddress.com/ or https://www.whatismyip.com/ ). If these services show you “real” IP address check your VPN provider for IP leaks, clean your browser cookies and cache. If the problem still exists, the best solution will be to contact the support team of your VPN provider.

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